Enzymes

What you need to learn in this topic

1. Define the enzymes
2. Reason out the necessity of enzymes in metabolism
3. Describe the naming of enzymes with the addition of ase to their substrates
4. Characterise the general properties of enzymes
5. Communicate about the involvement of specific organelles in the production of: (i) intracellular enzymes. (ii) extracellular enzymes
6. Explain the mechanism of enzyme action using the Lock and key hypothesis
7. Interpret energy diagrams to explain the mechanism of enzyme action
8. Correlate the mechanism of enzyme action with the change in the following factors: (i) temperature. (ii) pH. (iii) substrate concentration. (iv) enzyme concentration
9. Design and conduct experiments to study the effects of temperature and pH on the activities of amylase and pepsin